Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him the price when he ordered them |
| 2 | We tell them the price because we know the price almost immediately . |
| 3 | ‘ I will tell them the truth when they are old enough . |
| 4 | " Jane , " he said , " will you tell me the truth if I ask you something ? " |
| 5 | Yeah that was alright I w I did n't tell you the truth when we said that , sorry ! |
| 6 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |
| 7 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 8 | Mum followed them and I too decided to find Frankie to tell him the news after I had cleared away the crocks . |